 Welcome everyone. This is the second session today of the CESA Tech Immigration Success Series. We are so honored that you are spending time with us today, especially at this extremely busy time of year for many of you. I'm Angela and I taught kindergarten for 15 years before joining the CESA team. I lead the community team here at CESA and basically that means I support teachers all over the world who are getting started with CESA. You can definitely connect with me on Twitter. I love to see what you're up to and support you in any way that I can. As a reminder, if you've never joined us before for the series, what can you expect out of it? We are really here to support you, inspire you, and make connections for you. In this series, we are covering a variety of topics focused on practical ideas and resources and of course bringing you connected to more colleagues in your similar role. So that is what we strive to do. And if you're watching this video recording and you're thinking, gosh, how can I get into the next one live? Here is the link so you can use this to register for our next session as well, which will be happening next month. We'll be back in action. Today, we are so excited to introduce you to our CESA learning levels. And this is something that we've actually been working on and working in conjunction with tech integrationists to really find things that we can help support you with. So as we go into this session, here's what you can plan on for today. We're going to talk about the why and the how, not only of tech integration but leading into what we're talking about related to these levels. We're also going to introduce the CESA learning levels. You are the first audience that actually gets to peek at these. So we are really excited to hear your reaction and hear your feedback. We're going to talk about using the resources. We're also going to shift gears and also talk about updates coming to CESA as well as webinar certificates, which reminds me during this session, I'm actually going to be giving out a six character code. So if you are watching this via a recording, make sure you listen to the whole thing because I will pause a couple times and give a portion of the code that you can use to get a certificate. More on that at the end, though. So let's get started with the why and how. So we know integrating technology can be overwhelming for some teachers. I probably don't have to tell you this, right? So as always, we know that the why needs to come first. So when working with teachers, we really need to set a purpose, make sure we're showing a clear benefit for them, or maybe a solution to a problem that they're facing in their classroom. As you know, teachers also work at very different pieces when integrating technology. Some, you know, can can do so independently without much assistance and other teachers again need more support. So my analogy that I'm actually going to work through today with you is related to a different topic. So in our nature, because you're here, you're a tech integrationist, I'm working with teachers in the same, a similar capacity. I thought it would be helpful to kind of bring in another analogy to help make this connection a little bit more clear. Here I am at my workout place at 545am, which is where you'll usually find me. And as I start this analogy, I think about it. First, I need to figure out my purpose. Why am I even going to a gym? How is it going to help me? What is the benefit that I'm going to see, right? We're going to talk a little bit more about that as we continue on. But related to me, you know, why would I even go to a gym? When you're working with teachers that are getting started with technology and specifically CISA, we want to make sure we're always leading with that. Why? Otherwise, you're going to have a lot of confused teachers in on your hands, right? So it's always great to set that foundation and you all know this already. One of the ways that we are hoping to help you in this aspect is really by the video that we have on our website, which gives a quick overview of CISA, but really actually highlights mostly that why? Why would you use CISA in your classroom? As we're working with teachers and they, you know, they kind of get that why they're like, Oh, I'm interested. Tell me more, right? So in my experience, they move into this show me phase. And you've probably experienced this as well. So they're interested, but they want to see it in action. So again, we're still setting that foundation. So maybe they get a tour of what CISA actually looks like. They try to understand the basic flow. And it's really helpful at this stage that they really can actually experience and view it from the student perspective as well. Because, as you know, many teachers really feel more comfortable and confident when they're able to understand the whole flow before they start integrating something into their existing classroom. So, boy, when you get past that and you start playing with CISA, you realize, whoa, it can do so much, right? So actually as part of my process in preparing and talking about the CISA learning levels, I actually spent a lot of time really documenting and writing down all the different skills and aspects of CISA that a teacher could learn. And we know there's a lot out there. And what we noticed too is that, you know, teachers that are just starting really need to start really tiny and simple. Right. And I think sometimes we get carried away. Those of us that have used CISA for a while and done all sorts of amazing things with it, we can tend to start talking to teachers and sharing those amazing, amazing experiences. But sometimes that is very overwhelming for a teacher and they don't have a clear path to take to continue their learning. I'm also going to mention here two teachers I've been working with. These are both tech integrationists. And you know them, if you joined us in our first session, Joni and Heather are tech integrationists. They both work in large districts where they are actually using CISA for schools. And about six months ago, I really started focusing on how can we best support you as a tech integrationist. So one of the things that we did is we started doing webinars specifically to support you. But we've also, I've also been working closely with integrationists to figure out what resources would be most helpful for you. And how do we make sure the interactions you're having with teachers, you feel like you are being the most effective. So when you think back to kind of that spreadsheet that I just showed a quick picture of, there's a lot of possibilities in CISA and they're, you know, quite endless. But for a new teacher, we really wanted to organize those and we wanted to make it really clear. What are some great things to start with what are some great things to make sure you get a firm grasp on, and that will motivate you to continue on and learn. And back to my analogy, right, that I started with about the gym and working out. If we go to a teacher, again, and we say do 20 push ups, right, you are going to have and they are going to have maybe a negative reaction right to some teachers when you are getting started with them using technology they're going to feel you're asking them a similar question right. So in my analogy, I'm thinking why am I in this gym. How is this exercise going to help me, and please show me how to do this because I'm not even sure you know it's actually that where I go they actually have different levels where they are trying to build, not only your strength but your confidence in doing a specific skill so get ready I never never thought I'd be sharing this with such a large group but here we go. So here I am. Right, so how does this actually look. So when we are starting, we offer the highest level of support so what's going on here in this picture are these bands. So this, if you have all of these bands on that is giving you additional support to help you go up and down, it actually makes doing a push up super easy, because in this scenario I might have 20 to 60 to 80 pounds pulling my muscles don't have to do that work right now as teachers keep building their foundation and building their strength. You can remove some of that support right so you'll notice in this picture. Let's pretend it's several weeks down the road right. I have removed a band, I'm feeling a little bit more confident I built that muscle right, and then boy, I'm going to, I'm going to keep going right. Again, you can see I've removed another band so it's getting a little bit more difficult for me because I'm using my own strength, but I've had that level of support which makes it easy for me to continue progressing. So finally, you get to independence right I don't need these levels of support. I don't need all these bands around me I can actually do this push up all by myself. So when we think about teachers that are integrating technology we know that we have to also give them various levels of support, and we want to do that so that they can feel confident that they can do this independently and really really thrive. So I would like to introduce to you the seesaw learning levels and before I do that I'm going to pause and actually give out three digits of our six character code to get a certificate for those of you that are watching the recording. So those first three digits are 468. Okay, so when we talk about seesaw learning levels we are all about igniting teacher engagement with seesaw. So to introduce them very clearly I rarely put all this text on the slide but I thought in this situation it would be helpful. See saw learning levels ignite teacher engagement by effectively supporting seesaw usage with our new seesaw learning levels, this easy to follow progression can guide you as you facilitate face to face training with teachers. Skills are meant to empower you and build confidence in teachers as they learn how seesaw enhances what they're already doing in their classrooms. Sounds amazing right well let's take a peek at what this looks like. So when we again if you remember back to the page where I was showing you a various and seesaw skills and abilities we have set up five different levels. We have level one is set up. This is the teacher that really quite honestly you know you have to you have to have an account right they're getting their account they're maybe trying to figure out how to download it on their device. And then we go into level two getting started and we're going to talk about each of these briefly in a moment. Level three and level three as you can see here has these stars this is an amazing place for teachers to get to they are now creating with their students and have the confidence to give it a try and maybe hand over that ownership to their students. Level four we are deepening reflection and level five we have teachers that are integrating daily and seesaw is a verb they are at a very high level of integration and and you know redefining a lot of the flows existing in their classroom. So what I want to do right now is actually take a peek at each level because I want to elaborate on it just moment for a moment just for a little itty bit. And then I'm going to show you some resources that we have for you to actually make this come alive and support you and your work. So again when we talk about level one I would describe it as start here. So teachers are accessing the seesaw app and becoming familiar with their seesaw class so again this is really building that comfort in you know what is the journal view what is this green add button what you know all of that those are all contacts that teachers need. When we look at level two. This is a teacher that is ready to get started. So at this point they are seeing classroom ideas for integrating seesaw we're showing them a lot of things. And they are practicing bringing them to life. And we're sticking with the basic tools here we're starting with photo and voice right because as we know those of you already using seesaw know that that alone is incredible. And we want a teacher to start posting to their class maybe they're maybe as a teacher they're just posting themselves right they do it once or twice they're kind of getting getting a little bit more confident and eager. And then we move to level three. So this is really focused on creating with students so help students create with seesaw explore tips to enhance your lessons with simple seesaw tools and become proficient and communicate with families. So I want to note this here and you'll notice we're making a big deal about level three because this is really amazing. This is incredible they are they have this in the hands of their students and they are starting to think about ways that they can integrate this in their classroom and potentially not without us guiding and having as as much support up until the stage if that makes sense. So I just want to reiterate that whoa this is amazing right. When we look at level four we're focusing on deepening reflection we're exploring formative insight tools to deepen student reflection and empowerment. We're sharing activities and communicating consistently with families. And then when we get to level five seesaw is a verb in your classroom explore advanced features and redefine family communication. Now that is just kind of a big overview of what we're talking about when we are introducing the idea of seesaw learning levels. I also want to note to how not to use them right. So seesaw learning levels are created to ignite teacher engagement support you as a tech integrationist and really build confidence and motivation to integrate technology for your teachers. They are not intended to be used to evaluate teachers. It is not intended to require that teachers progress at the same time or the same pace. We know some teachers you might sit with them for 15 minutes and they have downloaded the app they played and posted five different times and they've already planned their lessons. They might be at level three within an hour. Okay, you might have another teacher that's at you know gets to level two after a month and a half. Again we need to be flexible and also as professionals you know this you're going to tailor your interactions with them as well. And we don't intend these to be used independently by teachers without context for support. So I'm going to show you kind of what I mean by that as we get going here. Okay, I'm just going to pause for a moment. Here we go. I'm going to actually go into a little bit more details about some resources and using the resources and how does this I'll actually work together. So I want to start by giving you a really crisp and clear idea of where to begin with teachers. So as we mentioned at the beginning right we need to set that foundation we always start with the why and show me right so we are at that point where we're building where we're laying down that solid foundation, and then one of the greatest options you actually have two options in my mind. On the left, a face to face professional development session. So you're familiar with this, the interactive training slides that we prepare and present over to you to use in a presentation, but I'm going to talk about in a moment a new resource that we are calling seesaw training station so we're going to explore those in a moment. Second option for those teachers that already have a foundation in the sense of they understand the why of seesaw now they're ready to get started. The fourth offer our webinars PD and your PJs and a great session to attend is our getting started with seesaw webinar those are available at all grade levels and ranges. Now when we talk about both of these paths. And we relate that to the learning levels, a teacher that experiences either one of those will be through level two if they have completed either one of those they will be through level two in in their use of seesaw. And then we look at oh my goodness I'm so I'm getting so excited ahead of myself here. So let's focus in on one of our new resources, which are called seesaw training stations. And these are ready made stations that you can use to build teachers confidence in starting seesaw by exploring the basic seesaw tools as a student. Alongside peers teachers move through each station in about three to five minutes, teachers see a classroom idea, follow step by step directions and bring the idea to life by posting to seesaw. So here are two examples so you are already really familiar with our interactive training presentation. This is a new version of that in the sense of, if you are really really confident and maybe a really experienced tech integrationist or maybe not you have more interaction during the session. These training posters are really meant to provide you the opportunity to walk around the room. Teachers are working maybe independently or in small groups and they're moving from station to station on their own. So notice here that these resources this is one station. So this one is station to it has two pages on the first page it describes the tools how you would apply them to your classroom and actually give student examples. We have provided a QR code that they can simply scan with the seesaw app when they're signed in as a student. The seesaw keep built in QR reader and we've provided a bit Lee as well so it's kind of hard to see in this image but there is a bit Lee to each of those examples as well. You'll also notice in the bottom left of each of these resources we have aligned the levels to that resource so that you as a tech integrationist will know when it's appropriate to use this with what teachers and also the teachers also have a sense of the progress that they are making as well. After they have you know seen some examples of their in their classroom we give them a very specific example to try this one in this station is independent fluency checks. So we walk through those steps and the teachers try this again as a student during this session. The second resource that I want to share with you were so excited about our seesaw snapshots and they offer your teachers quick ideas and seesaw tips in printable form. So hanging these in the teachers workroom lounge restroom or even send electronically to support teachers where they are. So when I'm talking about where to start with teachers, it is not with the seesaw snapshots. We are assuming they've already maybe been to a PD session with you. They know about seesaw they played a little bit. Maybe they come to the getting started webinar, then you as a tech integrationist have these in your back pocket to continue that momentum with using seesaw. So I know you have run into teachers that you know maybe need this visual right maybe they need this email to them. Maybe they need this, you know to spark a reminder for them like oh yeah I actually haven't created my class yet. If you're a free teacher, or if you'll notice on the right here this one is diagrams and a snap so this is just sharing a quick idea sharing the specific steps that they can use to play. Again, you'll notice that that theme comment commonly thrown out here to play and interact with seesaw as well. So let's keep talking. Well how do we get all this stuff right so we have a master document where you can access all of these materials related to seesaw learning levels, and I really really really encourage you to use this bit. So whenever you're accessing this make sure you start with this bit. We first that is number one going to make sure you get to the most up to date resource. Second it's also going to help us gauge you know how useful is this to you how many people are accessing it as well so please please please make sure you're using that so what I'm actually going to do right now is I'm going to go to that doc and show you what it looks like. So when I'm in this doc this master doc. I have a couple things that I can go to. First of all, we're really excited for your feedback. So we have a form at the very top we want to hear from you we want you to show you know, show us your thinking. What can we change what can we do better so we link that there. We also have the seesaw learning level resource just kind of that one page that I was starting to describe. There will be more coming and in fact I'm going to give you a big peek at what will be coming. Similar to this where we have level one setup level to getting started it's going to show you very specific things that teachers are going to be working on and you're using this to guide your interactions with the teacher. You can never be intended to hand off to a teacher and say here you go do it on your own as we mentioned before. We are still building those so that aspect is not ready yet so like I said, stay tuned. You already know about the seesaw interactive training slide those you should be very familiar with. If you're not they are also linked here, but here is our seesaw training stations and our seesaw snapshot so we want to view them we're going to go right here. To look first at the seesaw training stations. You're going to get to this spreadsheet and we're taking you here because like I said, we are, we want to get this out to you as quickly as possible, and get you started somewhere. Just note that we are going to continue to add to this so right now you can actually download all of them. So I'm actually going to just go there and open this up. But you'll see we have six different stations they are really focused on the basics so we're doing photo we're doing photo and voice. We're giving them time to play with photo and drawing. Let's do an exit ticket. Let's try photo drawing and voice. Okay, so you can see we're building their confidence and also their knowledge of seesaw and what it can do in very specific classroom ideas and implementation. So we explore draw and record. We explore video. Okay, we also don't, you know, again we're really starting with the core tools. So that's really just important to note. You'll also know when you go into these resources, many of them are in PDF form, so that we can make sure that the font doesn't get messed up for you and they're really ready for you to go. Now let's look at the seesaw snapshot. So again, these are those really quick tips and printables that you can have ready for your teachers. Again, this is going into a spreadsheet where we're organizing them by level. We haven't yet linked all of the individual links to all of these yet so stay tuned, but you can get them all right here if you follow this link. And again, our intention is to give the individual links so you can easily, if needed, send electronically, but the real intent of these is to post in your school as well. So for a teacher that's creating their seesaw account, we talk about the steps for creating their very first class, adding students. So we have 17 of these already prepared for you that you can use and support your teachers with. I want to point out too as I scroll here and I'm going really fast intentionally because we, you know, boy, there's so much to talk about I have so much more to tell you actually. There are a couple here that are intended for families and you'll notice that because it has the family app logo on it and also in the bottom right it just notes share with families. Again, to point out you're going to see on the bottom of all these resources the level they correspond with so that you make sure you're sharing with your teacher, what's most appropriately appropriate for where they're at with their seesaw learning. Whoa, so much exciting stuff happening. I love it. I love it. I'm going to get out of this thing right here, but I need to keep cruising because I have so much more to tell you what I'm actually going to do right now is pause and give you the second set of three digits to combine to create this code. So the next three digits you'll need for your certificate is 492. So when you put those three and three together you'll have your code to get your certificate if you're watching this via recording. Those of you that are live you have no worries you're going to get it sent to you automatically. So shifting gears a little bit here we are going to talk about updates that are coming really soon to see saw and we are sharing these with you in this session because we want you to be informed we know this is a key time where you are doing trainings we don't want you to have any surprises. And the real reason behind why are we making these updates now is we want to make some minor tweaks so that new teachers can get started with seesaw quickly. So we're going to really go really fast here be be ready buckle up because I have a lot to show you in a short amount of time. As far as these ambassador you are actually going to get all the details of this sent to you in an email. But again, normally like this is not something I would train your teachers on the stuff that we're going to talk about next. This is to really just give you the context of what is happening here soon. So again this is coming next Wednesday we have changes coming to the add button. So you see it looks different. It actually has a word add on it so it's very clear to a teacher that button does something. We have some language changes coming to the options there too. It will say post a student journal or post student work boy I got to practice that a sign activity and send announcement. So that's the first change that's coming again next Wednesday. All right next Wednesday also sharing an activity with a teacher it's in a new place. So you are now going to be able to see this via the three dots after you save an activity. So before when you tap that share button on an activity, it would give you an option to share with your class or it would have that tab share to other teachers. Now we are separating that. So we really want to make it clear that if teachers are assigning an activity that flow is very clearly going to just their students. So again this isn't coming till next Wednesday. I would say by end of day you might see that when you update your app your iOS app in particular. All right, next Wednesday, the blog is still here but guess what the tab is going to be hidden. So it is going to be hidden because we don't want to take enough space until your teachers are ready to enable that blog so they can still find it in their class settings it will still be there. Next, likes are going to be hidden by default we really believe comments provide more meaningful way to share feedback and seesaw. So when a teacher creates a new class that like button is actually going to be turned off for students and families by default. So again, this is next Wednesday. All right, another one a teeny teeny tiny group of teachers a very tiny group of teachers this Thursday will get to experience something that we're trying as a way to make it easier to get more families connected. So as you can see here it is showing on the screen right now how you can invite families to get connected via email. And again this is a teeny teeny tiny group of teachers that might see this coming on Thursday. We are just telling you now because we don't want you to be surprised if you know for example there's one teacher out of your whole group of teachers that has this different look so you can see kind of the flow here. But just again just as a heads up you still have the same options for printing the invite or sharing a link as well those still will exist. All right, and live now yay lock is here that means you are able to keep those background images in place right so when we introduce the ability for you to add multiple photos to the canvas and move them around. So we quickly figured out with feedback from our community that hey, it's kind of annoying that the background image moves so we now have lock as something that will automatically happen if they are adding a photo first from photo on the create tool screen, and they can also lock and unlock images so that's just kind of a handy new feature. And also if you're not you're not aware of this yet, we have a brand new Chrome extension that is live. This is used in addition to see saw in any Chrome browser. To allow your students to quickly capture that image either a screenshot or selected area, and it will bring it directly into seesaw if you have not played with this get there now it is so slick really opens up so many opportunities for students to reflect on no matter where they're at and where they're learning. So definitely check that out. Whoo. Okay, we're getting there. The next thing I want to tell you about is something new that we are trying with webinars. So we have gotten a lot of feedback and heard from a lot of teachers that their district or school is allowing them to show professional development hours. So maybe they have 12 hours they need to get throughout the school year, or maybe they have continuing education credits that they can show or get what we have done is we are playing around with we're testing this out and we're going to see how it goes over the next month here, where we have a certificate for each specific webinar that teachers attend and what that means is that if you come to a live webinar. You're going to get the certificate emailed to you automatically and the follow up email. Okay, but we also know that teachers love to view the recording like many of you are probably doing right now if you're not here live. We also wanted to open the opportunity for those teachers to still get, you know, that piece of paper showing that they actually did that extra work out of their school day. So we're offering the ability for them to fill out a form. And while listening to the session as you experienced today, I'm just going to say a six character code, they will have to basically watch the entire session in order to get that code. And as you experienced today I didn't show anything on the screen I'm not always going to say it at the same time. But once they have that code they can fill out the form, and they will be able to then get access to that certificate. So you as a tech integrationist or administrator can feel really confident that your teachers are so excited about continuing to develop professionally and they also have something to prove to you all the hard work that they are doing. So we really encourage you to share with your teachers that this is an option and opportunity, and also encourage you to really think at the school and our district level. How could this support, you know, what you're already doing and how can you make sure that teachers are kind of able to use these certificates to maybe show some of the professional learning hours that they are accumulating. So just one thing to know this does begin or did begin on August 13, 2019, we're not able to give certificates for views before that day. Okay, who so if you're not familiar with PD and PJs this is the site where you're going to find all the information related to PD and PJs so make sure you share that with your teachers as well. And we want to again focus on making sure you have connections with other tech integrationists and boy oh boy is there some good discussion happening in our Facebook group so if you haven't joined there yet, make sure you get in there and share it with other colleagues that would benefit as well. Woo, we did it we just have a few more minutes to spare, but I am going to take time now to answer questions. I want to make sure that we'll see how many questions we can actually get through today, but we really, really hope you explore our new resources and are eager to share your feedback as well.